Thread: CO: Illegal immigration an election issue

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September 3, 2008


Illegal immigration an election issue


Illegal immigration is a very serious problem on our southern border, even though we are making small headway on new fences and more guards.

In 2007, our Border Patrol arrested 800,000 invaders. Honest, dedicated agents tell us they interdict and apprehend 17 percent on average. This means that 3.5 million are still coming to the United States illegally in 2008. These illegal immigrants are from more than 80 countries because Mexico itself has a serious illegal immigration problem.

Too many are coming here with serious diseases, 10 percent are seasoned criminals intent on committing felony crimes here, some are potential terrorists, and most are here to grab a nest-egg and leave ... not intending to learn our English language, assimilate into our culture or become U. S. citizens.

If our federal government really wanted to protect our southern border, it would. We are left with the obvious conclusion. Meanwhile, we have more than half a million criminal aliens in our jails and prisons, for cause. We also have burgeoning, violent anarchy along the Mexico boundary.

The U.S.-Mexico border is some 2,000 miles long. Presently, we have some 29,000 U.S. troops (250 per mile) protecting the South Korean border, and almost no one gets across. What will it take for our federal government to awaken to the threat and do something about protecting our country from this invasion?

We need to vote in elected officials who will uphold our Constitution and dump the others!

State Rep. Jim Welker (retired), House District 51,

Loveland

www.coloradoan.com

In 2007, our Border Patrol arrested 800,000 invaders. Honest, dedicated agents tell us they interdict and apprehend 17 percent on average. This means that 3.5 million are still coming to the United States illegally in 2008. These illegal immigrants are from more than 80 countries because Mexico itself has a serious illegal immigration problem.

-----SOUTHWEST BORDER PATROL APPREHENSIONS------
----1999-------2000-------2001-------2002-------2003-------2004-------2005-------2006------2007------2008
1,537,000-1,643,679-1,235,718--929,809--905,065-1,139,282-1,189,108-1,071,972-858,638-611,721

In the last ten years, well over 11 million illegals have been apprehended at the border. If we used the lowest multiplier, that 1, out of 4, were apprehended, it still indicates that over 33 million illegals entered our United States, and that is just in the last ten years. How many more entered from 1987 to 1998??

Let's stop accepting, or believing, that there are only 12 million illegals in our United States. There are probably much closer to 40 million, if not more. We can even assume that as many as 20 million former illegals have since become legal over the past 22 years, and the numbers of illegals, here right now, could still be well over 30 million.

Support E-Verify for ALL employees, and let's begin taking our country back!!!

Think about this when you look at all those happy, smiling faces of the cheering crowds at the Republican or Democratic convention. These people are oblivious to whats going on in this country. They are all stupid morons who certainly shouldn't be selecting a president to run this country.